Damian Jones

Damian Jones

Freelance journalist for Classic Rock, NME, Sky News, Bandcamp Daily, The Sports Network (TSN), NewsBreak, Uncut Magazine, Festival Flyer, The British Music Digest. 

Articles by: Damian Jones

Stereophonics studio portrait

"Stereophonics are clearly past their best now": Kelly Jones & Co. fail to strike a chord quite like the early days on Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry, Make 'em Wait

By Damian Jones published

Some notable numbers on a record that leaves you feeling short-changed

Forgotten Pharoahs standing on a bridge

“Robert Plant was so impressed with the record, he phoned me up and said, 'Do you wanna support us?'” Meet Forgotten Pharaohs, the rising band making nods to Steely Dan, Neil Young and Led Zeppelin

By Damian Jones published

Forgotten Pharaohs were signed as the result of an egg-and-spoon race and a wayward Croc

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"I just can’t dig those vocals, especially so soon after eating": Muse polarise opinion on third album Absolution, even if everyone seems to like the guitars

By Classic Rock Magazine published

Dismissed initially as Radiohead copyists, Muse were blasted into the stadium-slaying stratosphere by Absolution

Therapy?: Troublegum (30th Anniversary Edition) packshot

"The record that proved they really were going somewhere": Therapy?'s Troublegum, 30 years on

By Damian Jones published

Northern Irish trio Therapy's magnum opus Troublegum returns at 30

Crowded House: Gravity Stars cover art

"Pianos play by themselves and dark forces conjure suspicious shadows": Crowded House make for uneasy listening on Gravity Stars

By Damian Jones published

Neil Finn's band make thoughtful, complicated, contemplative return

Bruce Dickinson: The Mandrake Project cover art

From lonely female vampires who long for death to a reworking of an Iron Maiden classic, The Mandrake Project proves that Bruce Dickinson really can do anything

By Damian Jones published

The Mandrake Project is a bold return for Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson

Muse: Absolution (XX Anniversary) packshot

"If an apocalypse is on the horizon, this is one album that should be turned up loud before our time runs out": Muse's Absolution (XX Anniversary Edition)

By Damian Jones published

A two-decades-old celebration of the Muse’s classic third album Absolution

Pearl Jam - Vs. album art

"Musically it didn't match its predecessor but Vs. had its moments": Pearl Jam's Vs. (30th anniversary edition)

By Damian Jones published

The 30th anniversary edition of Pearl Jam's second album Vs. is a worthy reissue but light on extra content

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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's sonic avalanche continues on thrashy PetroDragonic Apocalypse

By Damian Jones published

King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard's PetroDragonic Apocalypse; Or, Dawn Of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth And The Beginning Of Merciless Damnation is the bands 25th album

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds: Council Skies cover art

Noel Gallagher interrupts squabbling to release album of old-school anthems

By Damian Jones published

Ex-Oasis chief Noel Gallagher returns to his musical roots with fourth High Flying Birds album Council Skies

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Foo Fighters' new album But Here We Are is a cathartic tribute to a fallen friend

By Damian Jones published

For the second time, Dave Grohl lost a bandmate. And for the second time, he's picked up the pieces and carried on

Therapy? - Hard Cold Fire cover art

Thirty four years in, Therapy? unleash 10 more bulldozing, bone crunching anthems

By Damian Jones published

Therapy? sound as hungry and vital as ever on 16th album Hard Cold Fire